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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10506

1 December 2011
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 41
SECTORAL POLICY / (ae) research
Horizon 2020 - €80 billion for research and innovation

Brussels, 30/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - €80 billion to boost research and innovation in Europe. This was presented on Wednesday 30 November by the European Commission for the financing period 2014-2020. The Horizon 2020 programme, which was presented by the commissioner with responsibility for research, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, was presented in the form of a triptych: a plank on research and innovation in the strictest sense, a strategic innovation programme for the European Innovation and...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Looking for positive, or at least useful, aspects of the current crisis
SOVEREIGN DEBT CRISIS
(AE) ITALY: Italy's new austerity measures “well received”
(AE) EUROGROUP: EFSF lending capacity at whim of the markets
(AE) GREECE: Europe gives go-ahead for Greek aid
(AE) IRELAND: Eurogroup says Ireland is setting a fine example
(AE) PORTUGAL: Draconian austerity measures for 2012
(AE) STATISTICS:
ECONOMY-FINANCE
(AE) BANKS: Minima agreement on public guarantee system
(AE) EIB: Werner Hoyer to replace Philippe Maystadt
(AE) ECB: France and Germany in battle over chief economist
(AE) BELGIUM: Brussels happy with Belgium's budget deal
(AE) TAXATION: New parent company and subsidiaries directive adopted
(AE) BUDGET: Ministers approve EU budget for 2012
(AE) COMPETITION: Green light for Santander's acquisition of RBS assets
(AE) COMPETITION: EADS subsidiary Astrium to buy up Mobsat Holding
(AE) HAITI: EIB supports small business and water industry
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
(AE) EUROPEAN COUNCIL: MEPs underwhelmed by idea of revising treaty
SECTORAL POLICY
(AE) RESEARCH: Horizon 2020 - €80 billion for research and innovation
(AE) ENTERPRISE €: 2.5 billion to boost competitiveness by 2020
(AE) SPACE: €7 billion proposed to complete Galileo and EGNOS
(AE) SPACE: €5.8 billion to fund GMES
(AE) TRANSPORT: Two-days of round table discussion to tackle TEN-T
(AE) COHESION: Greece - more jobs through better management of funds
(AE) COHESION: ERDF provides €1 billion oxygen supply to SMEs
(AE) JHA: COE investigation into Libyan migrants' distress signals being ignored
(AE) JHA: COE calls on Ukraine to step up fight against corruption
(AE) JHA: Amnesty criticises Commission on Roma in Italy file
(AE) UN/CLIMATE: Appeals increase - experts provide examination in Durban
(AE) SOCIAL: European week of demonstrations and strikes
(AE) SOCIAL: Social media democratisation instrument
FOREIGN POLICY
(AE) FOREIGN AFFAIRS: EU27 split over utility of Iranian oil embargo
(AE) IRAQ: Iranian opposition calls for EU to act to delay closure of Ashraf refugee camp
(AE) DRC: Catherine Ashton calls for calm and respect of electoral law
(AE) IRAN: European leaders condemn attack on British Embassy
(AE) FYROM: FYROM calls on Greece to vote for start of talks
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
(AE) EU/UNITED STATES: Free trade to be considered to support growth
(AE) EU/UNITED STATES: Energy efficiency -Energy Star programme agreement
(AE) UN/DEVELOPMENT: Piebalgs and hour of truth at Busan summit
(AE) SOMALIA: Humanitarian aid worker expulsion by al Shabaab unacceptable
THE INSTITUTIONS
(AE) COURT OF JUSTICE: No copyright for programming languages
(AE) COURT: Cartel in acrylic glass sector - fine reduced